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Memorandum to Schools 60/2007

22 June 2007

Publication of VCAL results at the end of the school year

Memorandum 11/2007 sought feedback from Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) providers on a proposal to publish the following VCAL data in the metropolitan newspapers in December each year.

• Number of students enrolled in VCAL, by provider
• Percentage of VCAL units completed, by provider (new for 2007).

There are over 400 providers and over 12,000 students enrolled in VCAL and it is important that these providers and students are recognised. As the VCAL is a senior secondary certificate it also is important that information be published about both the VCE and the VCAL at this time of the year.

A large proportion of the providers who responded to the VCAA invitation for feedback supported the proposal to publish additional VCAL data in December.

However, there were a number of providers that indicated that this proposal would disadvantage their organisation.

It is not the intention of the VCAA to disadvantage VCAL providers. Therefore, providers that believe they will be disadvantaged and meet one or more of the following criteria may apply to the VCAA to have their organisation's data withdrawn from the data to be published in December.

Providers may apply to have their data withdrawn if they are:

• involved in a Department of Education endorsed VCAL re-engagement program within which at least 25% of the school's total VCAL student enrolments do not attend the school at any time for the delivery of the VCAL program.
• schools responding to the special leaning needs of their students by preparing a VCAL learning program that contains VCAL units that will be completed over a number of semesters or years. Specialist schools are an example of a VCAL provider that may meet this criterion.

Providers are reminded that VCAL enrolment data can be changed on the Victorian Assessment Software System (VASS) until Monday 19 November, 2007. However, providers that have students who leave VCAL during the year to take up further education, training or employment will not be eligible to have their data withheld in December.

Providers who meet the criteria and wish to withdraw their VCAL data from publication should contact David Gallagher, VCAL Manager on (03) 9651 4532 or email gallagher.david.j@edumail.vic.gov.au before 19 November, 2007.

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